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How Wild is North America? Infographic Lays It Out (Video)

A portion of the infographic built by The Big Wild Just how much wilderness is left on the North American continent? It doesn’t seem like much as you drive across the US and see almost all urban or suburban developments, or farmland, mining or other ways people have snapped up all the free space. Where has it all gone and is there any left? According to The Big Wild, a conservation movement that connects people with activist opportunities for the preservation of wilderness, “Nearly one quarter of the planet’s wild forests are inside our borders; 20% of the world’s fresh wat… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Why We Should All Be Paying More at the Pump

Photo via Wired This is doomed to be an unpopular post, I’m afraid. So let’s just come right out with it: You should be paying more for gasoline. And you should be paying more for a number of other goods and services as well, like electricity generated from coal-fired power plants. We all should. Why? Because of a simple economic concept that, frankly, we should hear way more about than we do. I’m talking about externalities, and in the wake of the BP Gulf spill , it’s high time we take a closer look at… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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10 Rare and Endangered Animals Having a Bad Hair Day (Slideshow)

Photo by Stefano Unterthiner/Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 via Guardian When you look closely, the animal world isn’t really all that different from the human world: From the most basic principals of birth, life, and death, to the need for clean air and water, to the occasional bad hair day — or, in the case of these birds, mammals, and sea creatures, a bad hair lifetime. From fluffed-up feathers to wild and wacky ‘dos, these endangered and rare species will make you feel bette… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Men, A Green Fashion Blog Just for You (Suitable for Discreet Greenies, Too)

Commerce with a Conscience founder and editor Brad Bennet. Image via Ecouterre Now, a men’s green fashion online daily to add to our Google reader! Commerce with a Conscience features sustainable, ethical, and socially responsible apparel that follows a smart, preppy aesthetic. For Brad Bennett, founder and editor, green fashion has a broad range of attributes. His carefully cu… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Urge New York State Legislators to Pass Solar Jobs Act

photo: © Big Sue LLC NYC and New York State may not be the first places that come to mind when you think of states leading in solar energy but pending landmark legislation in Albany hopes to change that. The New York Solar Industry Development and Jobs Act of 2010 (S.7093a/A.11004) “aka the Solar Jobs Act”, provides a policy roadmap for jumpstarting solar industry and the economy in New York. The legislation requires each New York retail electric supplier, the New York Power Authority (NYPA), and the Long Island Power Auth… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Carbon Footprint of the 2010 World Cup

If you thought that those pesky vuvuzela were the worst thing about the 2010 World Cup , wait until you hear about the carbon emissions estimated to be released during the planet’s biggest sporting event. According to a study conducted by the Norwegian embassy and South African government on the eve of the games, this year’s World Cup will emit 2,753,251 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, which is… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Dog Loves Cat Loves Rat in World-Changing Video (Maybe)

Credit: Bestpeacesign.com . Dogs don’t like cats and cats don’t like rats, right? Well, there’s always an exception to the rule. And sometimes it’s adorable (and creepy at the same time). Drew Harmon , “a comedian, writer and whatever else” from San Francisco has found something amazing—a dog with a cat on its back with a rat on the back of the cat. Whaddaya think of that?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Why Are Snakes Disappearing All Over the World?

Coronella austriaca , also known as the “smooth snake,” was one of the species in the study. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons Conducting a global study of an entire sub-order of species is not a simple proposition. It requires huge amounts of data, conducted by field researches in locations around the world, that spans a decade or more. As a result, such studies are able to provide only a slight indication of trends. But sometimes, the findings are so consistent, so compelling, that they cannot be ignored…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Pac-Man Ship Eats Oil Spills (Wakka Wakka Wakka)

As BP’s Gulf oil spill continues to suck, the internet has been bombarded with heartbreaking photos of oil-dipped wildlife and new interpretations of the

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"The World’s Most Expensive Oil Painting"

Photo: The Big Caption BP Gulf Oil Spill Art Many of you probably already know The Big Picture , a photo-journalism section on Boston.com. They put together great galleries for most big events, including the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (you can see one of those

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